Graze

  • 21graze — [greɪz] verb I 1) [I] to eat grass that is growing somewhere Goats grazed on the hillside.[/ex] 2) [T] to break the surface of your skin He fell off the swing and grazed his knee.[/ex] 3) [I/T] to touch something slightly when you pass it She let …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 22graze — [OE] There is no difficulty about the etymology of graze ‘feed on grass’: it was formed in Old English times as a derivative of the noun græs (modern English grass). But what about graze in the sense ‘scrape lightly’, first recorded in the 17th… …

    Word origins

  • 23graze — I. verb (grazed; grazing) Etymology: Middle English grasen, from Old English grasian, from græs grass Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. to feed on growing herbage, attached algae, or phytoplankton 2. to eat small portions of food… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 24graze — v. (d; intr.) to graze against (he grazed against the table) * * * [gr eɪz] (d; intr.) to graze against (he grazed against the table) …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 25graze — I. [c]/greɪz / (say grayz) verb (grazed, grazing) –verb (i) 1. to feed on growing herbage, as cattle, sheep, etc. 2. (of humans) to eat frequently in small amounts of whatever food is available; snack. –verb (t) 3. to feed on (growing grass). 4.… …

  • 26graze — graze1 grazeable, adj. grazer, n. /grayz/, v., grazed, grazing. v.i. 1. to feed on growing grass and pasturage, as do cattle, sheep, etc. 2. Informal. to eat small portions of food, as appetizers or the like, in place of a full sized meal or to… …

    Universalium

  • 27graze — 1. noun a) The act of grazing; a scratching or injuring lightly on passing. b) A light abrasion; a slight scratch. 2. verb a) To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pas …

    Wiktionary

  • 28graze —    to steal and eat food in a supermarket    Like cattle in a pasture, you eat what you pick up between the rows and pass the checkout desk with empty hands and a full stomach. In obsolete use, to graze on the plain or common was to be dismissed… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 29graze v — Herbivores come in browns and graze …

    English expressions

  • 30graze — sprogo visi statusas T sritis Gynyba apibrėžtis Antžeminės ir jūrų artilerijos paramos ugnimi metu – stebėtojo pranešimas, kad visi sviediniai sprogo nukritę. atitikmenys: angl. graze pranc. percutant …

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